Newsletters

We issue monthly newsletters to keep hospital infection control professionals, nurses, and physicians up-to-date about technical, timely, and important news regarding infection control topics.

Previous DICON Newsletters are listed below as examples of this valuable resource

Date Title
December 2022 Sterile Compounding Standards: Updates to USP General Chapter 797
November 2022 Blood Culture Stewardship: Focus on Follow-Up Blood Culture Practices
October 2022 IDWeek 2022: Highlighted DCASIP Research and Abstracts
September 2022 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Prion Disorders: Review of Transmissibility and Sterilization Practices
August 2022 Vertical versus Horizontal Approaches to HAI Prevention: Which Direction to Go?
July 2022 Infection Prevention and Control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms, Part 4: Contact Precautions for Clostridium difficile and Candida auris
June 2022 Infection Prevention and Control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms, Part 3: Contact Precautions for Gram-Negative Bacterial Organisms
May 2022 Infection Control and Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms, Part 2: Contact Precautions for Gram-Positive Bacterial Organisms
April 2022 Infection Control and Prevention of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms, Part 1: Definitions and Resources
March 2022 Flexible and Semi-Rigid Endoscope Reprocessing – A Closer Look at the Updated ANSI/AAMI Standard
February 2022 Infections, Controlled: A Five-Year Review of DICON Surveillance Benchmarks
January 2022 Ventilator-Associated Events – More than Pneumonia